A Memorial Day Poem

Mindy reads us a Memorial Day poem. Mikaela reminds folks what to do if they have a tombstone they want cleaned.

Episode Transcript

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So much respect for the men andwomen who fought for our nation, died
for our nation. That is theultimate sacrifice. Michael, I thought that
I would find a poem about MemorialDay and read it on the Air's all
right, so that is due simplyentitled Memorial Day, and I think it's
a great way to end the showtoday. The finest tribute we can pay

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onto our hero dead today is nota rose wreath, white and red in
memory of the blood they shed.It is to stand beside each mound,
each couch of consecrated ground, andpledge ourselves as warriors true onto the work
that they died to do into God'svalleys, where they lie at rest beneath

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the open sky, triumphant now overevery foe as living tributes. Let us
go. No wreath of rose,or immortals or immortals, or spoken word
of tolling bells will do today unlesswe give our pledge that liberty shall live.
Our hearts must be the roses redwe place above our hero dead today,

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beside their graves. We must renewallegiance to their trust, must bear
our heads and humbly say we holdthe flag as dear as they and stand
as once they stood to die,to keep the stars and stripes on high.
The finest tribute we can pay untoour hero dead today is not a

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speech where roses red, but livingthrobbing hearts. Instead, that shall renew
the pledge they sealed with death uponthe battlefield, that Freedom's flag shall bear
no stain, and free men wearno tyrant's chain. And that was Edgar
Albert guest. It's beautiful. Howdid you come across? I? Duck

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duck go. I hit it,and I said, Memorial Day poems.
There were a lot of them,but that one I thought was the best
one that I could find. Ithought our listeners deserve to hear it.
Very moving. So yes, thisis a day tomorrow where we really honor
the memory of those who have passedbefore us and served our country. There's

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many different ways you can do it. We touched on it at the beginning
of the show. There's the Fieldof Heroes in Westerville if you weren't with
us at that moment, completely free, beautiful to walk, and the National
Veterans Museum downtown free admission tomorrow.From what I understand, so many things
you can do to go honor others. So just get out there and do
something tomorrow, do something that honorssomeone. And I love what you said

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earlier that we began our show witha cemetery comment. Yes, I should
remind people of that too, OhioDepartment of Commerce once you know, as
cemeteries are run down, So guys, come to our website com dot Ohio
dot up. If you go toa cemetery tomorrow to honor a loved one
that has passed and you see thingsaren't looking good, we have a Cemetery
Resolution Dispute Commission and it can helpyou out. There's been no their higher

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sacrifice. If you have a lovedone who died fighting and defending our nation,
say thank you from us, fromall of us. Here are what
matters no matter what you do thisweek, spend some time doing what matters.